“Lots of ‘em!” Capes chuckled. Into one of these he waded and rolled and rolled, despite her commands. " "True, true," replied the knight, with an agonized look; "there is no alternative. ’ ‘But it is imbecile,’ interrupted Melusine, struck by the impracticalities of her father’s scheme. I drew out what I had saved and boarded the first ship out. Dare we look back upon the darkened vista, and, in imagination retrace the path we have trod? With how many vain hopes is it shaded! with how many good resolutions, never fulfilled, is it paved! Where are the dreams of ambition in which, twelve years ago, we indulged? Where are the aspirations that fired us—the passions that consumed us then? Has our success in life been commensurate with our own desires—with the anticipations formed of us by others? Or, are we not blighted in heart, as in ambition? Has not the loved one been estranged by doubt, or snatched from us by the cold hand of death? Is not the goal, towards which we pressed, further off than ever—the prospect before us cheerless as the blank behind?—Enough of this. She did not remember how many seasons it took before she relented, how much time before she decided to toy with his affections.
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